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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.

Lord Acton

A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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Convince Differ Honest Liar Men
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Authority Exist Force Liberty
The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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Liberty Minorities Security Test
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Absolute Corrupt Exercise Influence Men Power Tend
Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Alliances Dogma Fanaticism Passion Professes Religious
Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.
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Constitution Country Institution Mother Powerful Product Result Revolution State
At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxiliaries whose objects often differed from their own; and this association, which is always dangerous, has sometimes been disastrous.
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Associate Association Country Friend Minorities Person Racem People Sincere Themselves Time Triumph
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Burden History Illumination Memories Soul
Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
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Both Future Live Past
Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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Feudalism Land Made Master Measure Real
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Always Corruption Despotic Morality Power
It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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Easier Find Fit Govern People Themselves
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Dignity Giving History Merit Truth Worth
The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our souls, who knows all our thoughts, to whom are owing all the truth we know, and all the good we do; for vice is voluntary, and virtue comes from the grace of the heavenly spirit within.
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Come Conduct Down God Grace Guide Know Our Outward Soul Voice
Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, 2,460 years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race
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Ago Bad Common Crime Good Ignorance Liberty Men Next Pretext Seed Sow Strong Year
Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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Atheism Certain Geometry More Power Sin Theorem

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